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Level 1 Teaching Assistant
Bluecoat Primary Academy
Source: UK Teaching Vacancies API · original listing ↗
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SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENT • Support and direct activities with either individuals or groups of students to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical, emotional and cognitive development • Contribute to the health and well-being of students • Establish and maintain good working relationships with individual students and groups • Promote and reinforce the students’ self-esteem and independence e.g. support in form time, unstructured time etc. • Encourage acceptance and inclusion of all students • To support groups of students as directed during formal public or internal school examinations • To assist students on work placements, educational visits, residential, and recreational activities as appropriate • To assist students with self-organisation and in the completion of homework tasks, in allocated periods during the school day • Drawing on knowledge of various forms of individual needs, to develop an understanding of the specific needs of the students within the school community • To liaise effectively with parents/carers as appropriate • To assume responsibility for designated keyworker role at School Action Plus and/or a named EHCP child • To assist the other health care assistants in carrying out their role in providing specific assistance to personal care needs of students • To ensure that you cover the role of personal care in a colleague’s absence with guidance from the SENCo/ Lead SEND teacher and Level 2 Teaching Assistants • To provide care, as and when needed, on off site visits and trips • To provide practical and personal assistant to individual pupil needs • To assist students with their day to day personal care needs, personal hygiene, toileting and feeding • To promote students’ independence skills in relation to personal hygiene, toileting and feeding • To monitor the behaviour of students, encouraging positive behaviour and reporting any incidents • To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing support where necessary or signposting concerns to colleagues • To liaise with external agencies, where appropriate, talking through therapeutic programmes and discussing programmes • To write specific health care plans/Personal Evacuation Plans for key students • To be responsible for the recording and distribution of medicines • To support students over break and lunch times • Help with the collation of Review/Annual Review meetings • Help with classroom resources and records • To implement learning programmes a directed by the class teacher – with individual or small groups • To monitor individual student’s needs and provide regular feedback to the teacher • Contribute to the management of student behaviour • To participate in the evaluation of the support programme • To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Learning Support Faculty • Support and reinforce the school curriculum including catch up KS3/GCSE work, literacy, numeracy activities in a 1:1 setting and in the classroom • Provide support for learning activities including enrichment activities during the normal school day • Support the use and development of ICT within the classroom • Support the smooth running of the Faculty by covering designated priority lessons of absent staff as and when required by the SENCo • To take responsibility for display and up keep of designated areas in the Faculty • Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and parents • Maintain and safeguard the confidential nature of student/teacher/home issues • Contribute to the maintenance of student safety and security, including break and lunchtime duties in the Faculty and taxi duties • Attend Faculty/Pastoral meetings as appropriate SUPPORT THE TEACHER SUPPORT FOR THE CURRICULUM SUPPORT FOR THE SCHOOL